Category Archives: Engage

The Profound Privilege of Suffering

Tweet Wow. I’m realizing in this moment that it has been almost two months since my last confession, er, post (raised Roman Catholic). By now many of you have figured out why I’ve been away: I’ve been growing two human beings in my belly. That’s right… after all that, we did it! Despite that fact […]

What Do You Do Anyway?

Tweet This month marks one year since the official launch of Restoring Power. Whoo hoo! For close to a decade before that, I was a business consultant & coach but after an opportunity to reevaluate my work, my life, my offer to the world, I went back to my roots and am now doing different […]

I must be a masochist. Or, why I love my work.

Tweet Let’s reflect, shall we? A while back I hosted my first Salon in over 6 years- the first Salon ever for Restoring Power. The topic was community and partnership. I opened, as I usually do, with about five to ten minutes of my recent and personal reflections on the topic then I put out […]

Love as a Choice

Tweet By Guest blogger, Dayna Reader I grew up watching the kind of movies in which couples met, fell in love and lived happily ever after. Love was portrayed as this big, magical feeling; it was out there waiting, you just had to find it and snap it up, and life would be great. I […]

Say “So what” to Your Feelings

Tweet What’s looming over your head today because you “don’t feel like” doing it? A networking obligation? Dry cleaning to pick-up? A conflict to face with a coworker or employee? Financials to reconcile? We all know what it’s like to “not feel like it.” But when it affects our commitment to the job, our team, […]